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Jabre

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Vain repititions are repeating something over and over in prayer. You only need to speak it once. But make no mistake about it you need to pray every day. Praying every day is not vain repition, there's a different term for it, it's called, closer relationship.

You ever stay up all night talking to someone? A girl you're close with or a good smart friend, whoever. It's because you are close to them that you can easily be with them all night and all of a sudden, whoa it's getting light out!

Every day during that covid lockdown thing I prayed Psalm 91 over my life and property. Every day. That was not vain repitition, that was part of my daily prayer. It's good to pray early in the morning and read the word of God to get connected with the Lord. The word of God lets us look at the condition of our soul each morning. It's about seeking relationship and scripture says those who seek will find.

I dont want to be one of the guys that the Lord says to me I never knew you! That, would be bad. I'd rather be known as the little chatter box chld that never shuts up! Hi Lord! It's me again!

Scripture does say for us to...pick up our cross daily so it isnt wrong to bug the Lord every day in prayer. He wants us to!
I meant I do pray daily, and many times throughout the day typically too. I'm trying to work on prayer life as well.
 
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So...I've come to realize the real reason I was so worried about the intrusive thoughts was that I was so obsessed over "debunking" any notion that I would ever want or like such thoughts that I ended up trying to reason away any doubts about that logically, which is really just ruminating over what the thoughts might mean about me despite trying to just accept that unwanted thoughts happen and there's nothing that can be done about that. In trying so hard to disprove that I could have ever wanted such things, I ignored what i knew in my heart all along: I know such things are wrong and I would never want to let that run through my head.

I was so obsessed I ended up having scenarios run through my head of me thinking them on purpose, and my fear interpreted that as real, and my obsession with proving I wasn't a "thought criminal", if you will, even in principle made me ignore how much I hated all of it to it's core...this is something i will need to repent for, so please pray both that I'll overcome that and that I'll learn to accept these thoughts as just the mental static they are.
When I have thoughts that trouble me, I ask,"Is this thought helpful?"
If it's not I put it out of my mind
 
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